David Coetzee, 1943-2010 His early years were spent moving around with his mother and elder brother, the Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee, including a spell on a sheep farm in the central Karoo, but he came to consider Cape Town his home from 1951. Published: March 31, 2010 Go To full article
Captain Bernie Mapstone born 1914 She was promoted to government district surgeon for Pretoria from 1964 to 1974, which involved supervising the whole range of medical services in the city. She was the first woman appointed as a district surgeon in South Africa. Published: 02 Mar 2010 Go To full article
Obituary of Victor Wilson Victor Wilson, Immediate Past President of the SAIEE (the South African Instition of Electrical Engineers) died on 17 November 2009 Published: 2009-11-27 Go To full article
Dennis Brutus Dies at 85; Fought Apartheid With Sports Published: January 2, 2010 Go To full article
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, South African Who Oversaw Discredited AIDS Policy, Dies at 69 Published: December 16, 2009 Go To full article
Eleanor Kasrils, 1936-2009 Eleanor Kasrils was a leading figure in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa Published: December 9, 2009 Go To full article
Eleanor Kasrils, 1936-2009 Eleanor Kasrils was a leading figure in the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa Published: December 9, 2009 Go To full article another link
Dave Stock Nov 14, aged 46. Daredevil pilot killed during an air show in South Africa when his jet's ejector seat failed Published: 18 Nov 2009 Go To full article another link
Des Bartlett, 1937-2009 He contributed film, stills and articles to National Geographic, with whom, in 1993, he won a second Emmy for Survivors of the Skeleton Coast, shot on the desert coastline of Namibia Published: November 16, 2009 Go To full article
Brigadier Dick Webster, who died on September 28 aged 94, was the finest British pole-vaulter of the first half of the 20th century. He and his wife took a rundown 1,225-acre dairy farm near the Dargle in Natal, which eventually became a showcase for visitors from the local agricultural college. Published: 05 Nov 2009 Go To full article
Captain Gerard Norton, who died on Friday aged 89, won the Victoria Cross on August 31, 1944 Educated at Mount Frere and then Selbourne College After the war Norton moved to Rhodesia, where he ran a large tobacco plantation and became a Rhodesian citizen. Published: 02 Nov 2004 Go To full article
Colonel "Rosy" du Toit, who has died aged 90, was one of South Africa's outstanding wartime fighter pilots Published: 02 Apr 2009 Go To full article
Moira Shearer, who died on Tuesday aged 80, was a strikingly beautiful leading ballerina with the Sadler's Wells. It was her mother who pushed her into ballet; she had her first dancing lessons in Northern Rhodesia. Published: 02 Feb 2006 Go To full article Sir Ludovic Kennedy (husband of Moira), who died on October 18 aged 89, was a TV presenter. Published: 19 Oct 2009 Go To full article
Frans Masango, Ex-Rebel Who Fought Apartheid, Dies at 51 Published: September 28, 2009 Go To full article
John Rudd died on August 31 aged 82 They were arrested for offences against the Immorality Act, which outlawed relations across the racial divide. Rudd worked for the De Beers group Published: 22 Sep 2009 Go To full article
Keith Floyd, who died on September 14 aged 65, was a flamboyant TV chef. Published: 15 Sep 2009 Go To full article